LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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A Magnificent Group of Services.
19th~21st November, 1916.
SELDOM, if ever, has there been concentrated within three days of Life-boat work a more splendid series of achievements than those which are...
Fishing Cobles
STAITHES, YORKSHIRE.—On the morning of the 7th December the weather, which had been wild during the night, calmed down, and at 9 o'clock the fishingcobles proceeded to sea. About 10 o'clock, however, the wind suddenly rose and veered...
A Vessel
Shortly after 5 A.M. j on the 1st November signals of distress were observed from the Gull Light- vessel, and the Life-boat Charles D.ibdin was launched. A heavy sea was running at the time. When the boat reached the Light-vessel they...
Renown
At 11 A.M. on the 25th February, during a strong N.N.W. gale, the fishing-boat Renown, of Girvan, was seen returning from the fishing-grounds. As the sea was heavy and the bar was very bad, it was thought advisable to launch the Life- boat...
Pentland Swell
Wick, Caithness-shire. At 6.23 on the morning of the 27th of March, 1958, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a fishjng vessel had been seen approaching Wick from the south- east, although the harbour had been closed to shipping...
Clai
Dover, Kent. At 6.10 on the evening of the 12th of July, 1959, the coastguardinformed the honorary secretary that a yacht was burning red flares two miles off Leathercoat Point. A Dutch tug had gone to her help and had connected a tow line....
Exchange
Southend-on-Sea, Essex. At 9.8 on the evening of the 24th of December, 1959, the coastguard passed on to the honorary secretary a message received from the police at Sheerness that shouts for help had been heard near the Harty ferry in...
Centenaries
In October, 1967, the Stromness life-boat station celebrated its centenary.
The Duke of Atholl, Convener of the Scottish Life-boat Council, presented a vellum on behalf of the Council to the Stromness ladies' life-boat...
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St. Lucia
At 4.55 p.m. on 8th December, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that an attempt to take an injured man off the trawler St. Lucia by helicopter had been unsuccessful owing to the bad weather, and requested that the...
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MAY 2 8TH. - ANGLE, PEMBROKESHIRE.
At 5.50 P.M. a telephone message was received from the Milford Haven naval base that a soldier had fallen over the cliff at Mill Bay. The weather was fine with a northerly wind and a...